In the present study, we examined the effects of an antisense (AS) oligonucleotide (ODN) targeted at monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) on the acute release of dopamine following treatment with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy).

Ecstasy - known scientifically as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA - is a stimulant and hallucinogen and one of the most widely used illegal drugs among young people, with a range of damaging effects.

Amphetamines, heroin, phencyclidine (PCP), and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy) each can cause ischemia, convulsions, or coma with compression that lead to rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuaria, and eventually to renal failure.

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